[Year 12 IT Apps] virutalising in MAC OS

Fri Aug 1 22:40:40 EST 2008

For the life of me, I don't know why you would use a virtual environment
to run Windows. The MacBooks are designed to be dual boot, with Windows
installed on a second partition. There is no need to spend $'s on a
licence for the virtual software, nor any worry about the Windows
licencing. There is no site licence that covers Windows OS's; just
upgrades. (You will find that Windows available under "Work at Home"
conditions is not permitted to be installed on DEEDC provided
notebooks.)

We have been notified that a Windows XP Sp3 image for the MacBooks is on
the way, but has been delayed by a Symantec conflict issue.

So, a little patience, all will be good, with either OS running native -
i.e. quick without any issues. And under proper licencing arrangements.

cheers,

Geoff Hutchison,

SNR/IT Manager/Coordinator,

McGuire College,

Shepparton, Vic

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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Adam Barbary
Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 8:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] virutalising in MAC OS

Have tried both Parallels and VMware Fusion. I decided to go with
Fusion, it seems to have an edge with performance. My IT department
opted to spend money on a multi user license to cover all the Mac Users,
can't complain about that.. Set your XP VM at 512MB, any more and the
time to start and save increases. Check with your IT department as to
the licensing issue for XP. If they don't have a site license that you
can be covered by, Win XP used to cost around $35 for a teacher. To
boost your Mac, may I suggest you max out your RAM, it is $100 well
spent.

Adam Barbary

Viewbank College

On 01/08/2008, at 5:38 PM, Russo, Frank R wrote:

The Dept agreed to ship a copy of XP with the Mac's but that is yet to
come....Parallels seems the best way to go !!!

Frank Russo

ICT ~ Teaching & Learning

Monterey Secondary College

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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Andrew Grimshaw
Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 2:08 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] virutalising in MAC OS

hi all

As a new macbook user, Id like some advice about the best applications
for virtualising XP from Mac OS

what have people been using?  any major bugs, etc?

thx

andrew grimshaw

colac sec college

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